Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-05
M'MELLEN A CANDIDATE.
RE fHISKs He II ESrLrL IN 70 an.
OrHsK TsRM As .PROfHUsUrAsv.
some Ut the Changes In the slate Nsces.isnss d
by the Candidacy of A. ,. ksufanau tor
Orphans Cour, Judg. -H,ppey and
sehoii to Retire from the Contest

sehoii to Retire from the Contest
The bill introduced In the House of Repre-.
sentstives by kaufman, OF ColumoiA giving
Lancaster county an orphans court Judge.
has upset the calculations OF the managers OF
Republican primary elections. Pr'cr 70 i.s
Introduction plans were laid and combine.
tions made, which the passage OF the bill
VIII requireto TO be updona This Is written
on the assumption that the bill will pssA A
few Objectionable features-iixlug the time
OF the holding OF orphans court, 20 as not to
conflict with the other courts, aud dssiyuat
Ing the salaries to I've p,id-wiIl he strick en-
out when the bill Is considered by the
House In fact, there Is now very ll.ile op-
position 10 the proposed act and those oppos-
ing are attorneys whose earnings are largely
made up OF fees received a. auditorA They
are not In position TO openly oppose the bill.
Ii they do, figures can be produced to show
the thousands or dollars ths, will annually
Toe saved 20 dead men's estates. when the
orphans court Judge will atjUiioate estates
instead of auditors.
TIE time was when lawyers had q power
ful influence with members OF the legisla-
ture, but that day has passed. In the lau-
gusge OF lawmaker Lawyers did not
nominate me- aud propose to act as be-
lieve my constituents wish, and they are In
favor Of the orphans court judge bill, be-
cause 1t will be- a saving to their estates"
the political bosses had not counted on
filling that position this year, and certain
promises were made then which will have
to be broken. For example, A. J. Kaufman,
OF Columbia is prospective candidate for
the iudgeship for the appointment II II
passes In its present shspe--the governor 10
appoint until January next and for election
by the people at the coming primary election,
II the bin passes in time There appears 10
be but one opinion, aud that is that Kautt
man Will be appointed by the governor. II
is well known that he has trained with the
Sialwart wing OF the Republican party in
this county and has been closely iientiti I'd
with Levi Senssnig's combination.
EX.DlsIict Attorney Ebery .s also been
follower OF Lewis banner, and he had as
pirations for the position. Levi would nat.
urally be Tor Adam, but this time he can't,
and without Lewis support Adam sill be
nowhere. He knows that and when the
proper time arrives he will gracefully with
draw from the contest and leave SeuseniS In
position to give kaufman the solid support
OF his faction.
CoLUMBTA's CANDIDATES.
Columbia is quite lively little town, but
Is not big enough to furnish officers for all
the vacant positions this year. In addition
to the judge, however, she presents a candi.
date for sheriff in the person OF Harry Hip.
pey, and an efficient officer he would make,
aud tor clerk of quarter sessions Harry
Scholi, also popular young man. 1t would
ruin Lewis iu!ure political prospects, II he
gives too much 10 our neigh boring town,
aud he has drawn the line at the iudgeship
Hippey's numerous friends will push his
clsim to place in that combination. but
that place has been given out, and Harry
will have 10 wait three years longer He
will no doubt Kick considerable but it will
end In his quiet " withdrswsl when tue proper
time comes To Judge kaufman has be on
ssigned the task OF getting Scholi out OF the
clerk OF quarter sessions interest and he will
In his usual bland manner show Harry the
necessity OF his stepping down this time /,
Is limited that SchOli could be provided with
q good clerkship created by the orphans
Court bill, but II Is not certain that he would
accept, as the WORK Will be- hard. and the
salary only moderate
ABE KELLER FOR SHERIFF..
The man selected by Levi for the Office OF
sheriff on his combination is A oram Keller of
the Sixth ward Keller has the Doodle, and
Is willing to come down handsomely. Levi
II i5 well known Is a great believer In the use
OF grease to keep his machine in smooth run
ming order, and keller's contribution will
greatly help him To accomplish his purpose.
1t was for time supposed that Keller wou d
get into Menizei's CON bination and Ment,sr
would gladly have taken him. AS il now
stands, Meniz9r will take Burkholder As the
strongest man ~ mel p his own candidacy
John Sides will also bs candidate not for the
purpose OF winning, but to annoy some OF
the oiher candidates. II bippey persists in
running against the wishes OF tho political
bosses there viii be a lively contest for thi,
oihce with tue chances in favor OF Rurk.
holder.
CAPTAIN N'MELLES's CANDIDACY.
II Is said that Captain McMellen will an.
nounce himself as candidate for prothOn-
otary. He takes the position that he IN AZ
much entitled TO IL as other candidates who
have been given a term as county officer,
II Sam Matt Fridy would also be induced IN
run, what q contest IL would make, Hart
man, fridy, McMelien, X.Prothonotariss
Mentzer, ex-prisonkeeper, aud X rieder for
twenty years clerk and deputy prothonotary
Ii Is hard TO tell the effect oi MCNEIL an a an.
nounceLnent on the leading candidates. The
captain mas iost his prestige to great extent,
Dut II he makes personal canvass he W III "a
cure the support of the friends OF some ex.
county officers, who made their nomination
through his efforts.
SOME OF THE OTHER OFFICERS.
Clayton Myers has settled down with the
Meniz-r faction. He would have preferred to
Dc with Ssnseni2, but Levi would not 90
back on Geyer Myers will be several hun.
dred votes stronger than the Menizsr com.
binstion Ia this city, and he will add consid
eraoie TO Mentzsrs strength IN some Of the
southern townships. He will be baDdi.
capped, however, 10y the candidacy OF Benz.
=. 1roh and Alius Herr of Vest L.npt n.
Inc hgnt Will be between him aud q. ysr.
WIN no telling at present rs to who has the
best OF It.
The passage OF the orphans court bill will
90 away with the clerk OF the orphans court
ONCE. Some OF the candidates Tor that off ca
VIII change TO the quarter sessions Office,
Inc strongest OF these Is Levi l. Kreider, OF
East Lampeter, who has heretofore trained
with Mentzsrs faction. He will desert
him this time and be put on SEN nsenig's set up.
Mentzer will run kiliisn, the one.Ienasd
aoldier, o catch the soldisr vote fnr ria e3un